Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus.
Syntax
HTML <ELEMENT HIDEFOCUS ... > Scripting [ bHidden = ] object.hideFocus [ = bHidden ]
Possible Values
bHidden Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values.
true- Focus is not visibly indicated.
- false
- Default. Focus is visibly indicated.
The property is read/write. The property has a default value of false.
DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are supported in IE7 Standards mode and IE5 (Quirks) mode only. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties and Defining Document Compatibility.
Remarks
The focus of an object is visibly indicated by a focus rectangle—a dotted rectangle within the boundaries of the object.
This property does not control the ability of an object to receive focus; for that, use the tabIndex property.
Example
The following example shows how to use the HIDEFOCUS attribute to prevent a focus rectangle from appearing on a button.
... <BUTTON> Button With Rectangle</BUTTON> <BUTTON HIDEFOCUS="true"> Button Without Rectangle</BUTTON> ...Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/hidefocus.htm
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this property.
Applies To
A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, Element Constructor
The focus rectangle is removed only within the browser context, the OS context will still show whatever focus mechanism is set in the OS Display properties, in your case a blue rectangle. This attribute works 100% in ie7, and ie8 on systems with no OS display property set for styling focus.